Improved washing-machine



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IMPROVED WASHING-MAGHINE.

T0 ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known 'that I, S. W CURTISS,.Of Su'gar Grove, in thd countyof Wurieh, aml State ofPennsylvanin, have inveanted a new fand useful Improvement in Washing-Machines; and'l do hereby declare that the following iss a. full, clear, und. exaot desbription thereof, whicb. will ena.bl othex:s skilled in the :nt to ma.ke und use -inj invention, reference being had 150 the accompa.nying platte 'f druwings, forming a. art of this Spek:ification.

This invention rel-ate9 to a. new and iinproved methovl of constructing washing-machincs, and tlge invention ':qnsists in the ana.ngem@nt of thi'eefluted rollers in a suitable washing-box km vessel, in the manner hereinafter described.

-Figure 1 is aisectionzyl side view 'of the machine, showing the rollers antl the mgxnner of their arrangement, the 3eption beirig thlough the line x x of fi g. 2.

Figu re 2 is a tqp o1 Plan view of the same.

A represents the'vessel o1 washing-box. B is a frame, to which two cf the rollexs are attqched by p'rvots so tha i; they am free to revolve. These two rollers arc ufarked G und D. E is Ehe third rolle'i, which is attached to the box A, With a, pivot 0x journul at one end, und. with a. crank-journal at the other end, a's seen in the dpawing. In the operation of washing, this roller is revolved by band wit.h the crank. The fra'm'e Bis hinged 2'1J; one end to Stands, which arg: attached to the inne r sides of the machine; as seen an 1" F in the dr:iwing. G is a. barwhiph cpnnects the two sides of the frame together a1: the otner end, anal which se1ves as a handle by which to press down l:he roller's, or 120 1ift them up. v

The dpex a.tion i's yeadily understood fro mthe drawing. The two snmllcr rollers, O und D, IHC raised up from the rol1er E, und the c1othes to bb washed ;1re 1aid o1 spreml on the ro'ller E, when'the. two smaller rnllers a.fe brought down and'pressed upon bhe clothes wifh 1s much force as may be desired, thc rdller E beihg at the sa.me time revolvd, 0x partially revolved,'back anti forth, with a sufliciency of water in the machiue;

As will be seen, the rollers are not as lngas the machine is wide, as the frame B shuts dem], du the inside, 011 to the edges of pieces which a.re atta.ched to the sides. A side view of one of these pieces in seen in fig. l, mark ed H. I

Having thus .scribetl my inv ention I claim as new, und desixe to sgcure by Letters Patent- An improved washing-machine, consisting of the box A, providedwith bldcks H und ro1ler E, the hinged -frame Bhaving rollers C D am]. handle Grfall constructed, arranged, zmd operating as and for the purpose sei. forth. 4

The abo vespecifiation of my invention signe by me, thi 241 day of September, 1867.

S. W. OURTISS.

Witnesses:

H. J. CARL, M. DALRYMI{LE; 

